Sticky Business: Thieves Make Off with 5.5 Tons of Nutella

Thieves in Germany decided to go for a different kind of precious material this weekend. Instead of the real deal, robbers went for chocolate gold in the form of everyone's favorite gooey dessert spread: Nutella.

According to the Associated Press, thieves in the German town of Bad Hersfeld got away with a whopping 5.5 tons of the chocolate-hazelnut spread. The jars were stolen from a parked trailer. That excessive amount of Nutella is worth about $20,710 or 16,000 euros.

While targeting hundreds of jars of Nutella may sound odd, it seems that it wasn't specifically chocolate they were after. In fact, the culprits were previously suspected to have made off with a truck full of energy drinks from the same location.

We think the thieves should be brought to chocolate-y justice, but who knows what they have in store for their loot. It's always possible they've already begun getting rid of — or should we say eating — the evidence with these scrumptious recipes: